By Eurohoops Team / info@eurohoops.net
After Khimki Moscow Region got an important win on the road against Zalgiris Kaunas, coaches Giorgos Bartzokas and Saras Jasikevicius commented on the game but also the tension between them following the final buzzer.
At the end of the game, Zalgiris coach Jasikevicius was caught saying something to coach Bartzokas after Khimki took the final shot in the final seconds of the game. Khimki’s coach was asked about the incident: “You can ask Saras what he said to me, you ask him, but maybe he wants to keep it for himself. We need to take this last shot if you know the rules in the EuroLeague, every basket counts. Every team does it.”
Coach Saras replied in the press conference. “It’s not about the last shot. I won’t tell you, but I told him what I wanted. I’m new in coaching, but I thought some things would be different. I thought coaches had more respect for each other.”
Barztokas’ initial comments on the game: “It was a crucial win for us, one of the best this season. First of all, because of the level of our opponents, since they play excellent and secondly because it came in good timing. We are in a crucial part in the EuroLeague. For us it was the fifth win on the road and the third in the second round. Winning away in EuroLeague is tough, and you need to play as a team. We stopped the creation of Pangos, he usually has many assists, today he had only two. The defense on Milaknis was also great as we did not allow him to shoot easy shoots. We played excellent defense for three quarters, controlled the rebounds and also had 10 more assists than Zalgiris.”
On the other hand, coach Saras said that his team looked heavy. “It was a strange game for us. We were really prepared and played really well against Fener, Panathinaikos, but tonight we were sluggish. We were heavy and did not make the right choices on the court.”
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